Rail-joint.



No. 877,455. PATENTED JAN. 21, 1908.

0 H. RAY.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATIbN I ILED 11133.6, 1907.

(yaw/aw??? UNITED STATES GHARLES H. BAY, OF FAYETTEVI LLE, ARKANSAS.

RAIL-JO NT.

Application filed April 6.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. RAY, a citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Fayetteville, in the county of ashington and State of Arkansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail joints, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide means for preventing the pounding of the wheels at the rail joints.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for firmly uniting the meeting ends of railway rails and at the same time to provide a splice bar having a curved upper surface to carry the wheels of the rolling by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a erspective view of arail joint made in accordance with'my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on the line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of my invention, the numerals 1 designate the meeting ends of two ordinary railway rails, while 2 is one member of my rail splice and 3 is the other member thereof. The member 2 is provided with a head 4, the opposite ends 5 of which are disposed slightly below the tread surface 6 of the rails 1, while the central portion 7 of the member 2 is disposed slightly above the joint 8 of the rails, as shown more particularly in Figs. 1 and 3. The member 1s provided with a. longitudinal bead 9 which fits under the head of the rails 1, while a similar bead 10 fits against the web of the rail at a point immediately above the base flange of said rail, the space between the beads 9 and 10 forming a longi- The member 2 fits over tudinal groove 11. t the base flange of the rail and is provided with an outwardly extendmg beveled flange 12 which extends from end to end of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21, 1908.

1907. Serial No. 366.770.

3 member The member 3 of the splice is I. provided with heads 9, 10", which fit against the web of the rails and provide a longitudin al groove 11, said member 3 also fitting the upper surface of the base flange of the rails and being provided with a longitudinal flange 12 Said members 2 and 3 are each ro vided with a base flange 13 which exten toward each other under the base flange of the rails, thus forming a rail chair.

Clamping bolts 14 are utilized for holding the two members of the splice together at the base flange thereof, said bolts each having a hook member 15 to engage the flange 12 of the member 2, the opposite end of the bolt 14 being provided with a hook member 16 mounted on the shank of the bolt and provided with a hook 17 to engage the flan e member 12. A nut 18 is fitted to the b0 t 14 and by turning said nut the hooks 15 and 17 engage the flanges 12 and 12 to draw the rail flange. Bolts 19 pass through the'web portions of the rails 1 and through the members 2 and 3 of the splice, said bolts being provided with nuts 20 and nut locks 21, said nut locks comprising a split ring having oppositely disposed biting corners 22 which engage the nut and the face of the member 2 to prevent the nut from turning on the bolt members 2 and 3 firmly against the web of the rails.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a rail splice made in accordance with my invention will firmly hold the meeting ends of of the rails, and will obviate the laborof tamping the joints for raising the same after they have become worn and sunken. Furthermore, other inventions of this character are said to be onlyabout 53 per cent. as strong as the unbroken rail, owing to the fact that the splice bars are not as broad as the rail. In my invention it will be noticed that member 2 is even broader than the rail. This im provement will greatly strengthen the rails at 'oints. 1 Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A rail joint comprising a splice bar having stock over the rail joint, inwardly extending beads to bear against the web of theralls, an outwardly extending flange, and an mwardly the rails against spreading, will prevent thepounding of the rolling stock against the joint two flanges 13 toward each other under the when it has been turned thereon to draw the a curved upper surface to carry the rolling adapted to slide on said bolts for uniting extending base flange, an oppositely disposed splice member, bolts extending through both members and through the Web of the rails, hooks formed on bolts, and hook members CHARLES H. RAY.

Witnesses:

W. J. REYNOLDS, H. F. REAGAN.

the two members of the splice, substantially as describerl. 

